Secondary School Special Education Teacher Salary in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York

The annual salary statistics of secondary school special education teachers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of secondary school special education teachers in Watertown-Fort Drum is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Secondary School Special Education Teachers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$43,910
25th Percentile Wage
$54,270
50th Percentile Wage
$69,740
75th Percentile Wage
$88,360
90th Percentile Wage
$119,040

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for secondary school special education teachers in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $119,040. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $69,740. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $43,910.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of secondary school special education teachers from 2012 to 2018. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth6-Year Growth
2018
$69,740
-9.44% 5.66%
2017
$76,320
13.80% -
2015
$65,790
0.00% -
2012
$65,790
- -

Table 2. Compare Secondary School Special Education Teacher Salary in Watertown-Fort Drum with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $69,740 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for secondary school special education teachers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of secondary school special education teachers in Watertown-Fort Drum is 30.3 percent (30.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Nassau-Suffolk and 18.6 percent (18.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Ithaca.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Nassau-Suffolk
$100,050
Kingston
$84,440
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$80,750
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$77,720
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$74,400
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$72,580
Syracuse
$72,330
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$69,870
Watertown-Fort Drum
$69,740
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$68,170
Elmira
$67,280
Glens Falls
$66,660
Rochester
$65,600
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$64,940
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$63,070
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$61,850
Binghamton
$61,460
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$61,350
Utica-Rome
$57,090
Ithaca
$56,770

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